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A journey from place to place: Lyndsey Lee Denyer’s Peregrination
Step into the Hometapes house and it’s quickly evident that records are merely one color in the wide spectrum of creation that takes place under our roof. Over the past five years, Lyndsey Lee Denyer has been our resident rainbow machine, her hands deep in everything from numbers to screen print ink. Even when it’s quiet, she hears the music in her head.
Today, we’re proud to share the news of Peregrination, Lyndsey’s solo show at Sohitek Gallery in Portland, OR. It opens tonight. “The idea behind Peregrination was to wholly commit myself to the practice of making, and to be less concerned with the final product,” said Lyndsey in a recent interview/preview for the show. We know that feel.
In addition to a room sparkling-full of Lyndsey’s collage work, she and her partner (and Hometapes family, too) Marc Faulkner will be releasing a new issue of their collaborative zine project. It’s called “You Relax” — and Lyndsey knows better than most that we’ll follow that direction…wherever it takes us.
PEREGRINATION
Collage ramblings by Lyndsey Lee Denyer
Sohitek Gallery, April 4th, 6-10PM
625 NW Everett St. #102
Portland, OR 97209
In what will likely prove to be an exciting albeit expensive learning experience, I’m helping BAMBARA put out their upcoming DREAMVIOLENCE on white vinyl. We should have copies by June. Buddies helping buddies. Pre-order is up now: www.arrowhawkrecords.com
Way to go Alyssa!
"[The Republicans] continue to shoot themselves in the foot on small symbolic things. So, a couple of weeks ago, Mark [Shields] and I were exercised about an attack on a treaty about the disabled abroad, a trivial thing in which they just looked like idiots. This week, Tom Coburn wants to defund political science. Well, defunding a university discipline is just — it saves you no money and it sends an anti-intellectual message. And so it’s these little symbolic things that makes you think, oh, those Republicans are weird. And so that remains a problem."
— David Brooks on PBS NewsHour (via tofias)
“Blue Chicago Moon” from Didn’t It Rain by Songs: Ohia. Nearly everything that Jason Molina recorded is available to stream for a little while here. I listened to Songs: Ohia rather often in college, but didn’t keep up with his output all that actively after he made the switch to Magnolia Electric Co., and it had been a while since I listened to the Songs: Ohia records that I know best. I wish it was something other than Molina’s death that made me revisit his music, but it sure does bring additional gravity to his songs. The Songs: Ohia records are still very good. Magnolia Electric Co., The Lioness, Ghost Tropic, and particularly Didn’t It Rain sound fantastic and have triggered quite a bit of nostalgia. His music provokes a sadness that is perversely seductive and comforting. “Blue Chicago Moon” really captures this quality of Jason Molina’s music, the lyrics haunt me, and it’s such a beautiful song. It makes me want to work as hard as possible to connect to people and help them out however I can.
“A Tooth For An Eye” from The Knife’s upcoming album Shaking The Habitual.
You guys. It’s Friend Island time again. We’re headed to Austin, with all our portable dreams, to host the finest Friend Island SXSW has ever seen. Seven years in, this is Hometapes all aglow. Check out all the details below, including a special Soundcloud playlist highlighting all the bands, and be sure to RSVP and bring your friends.
{{{ FRIEND ISLAND }}}
The SXSW oasis presented by Hometapes and friends.Saturday March 16
12pm til 12am | FREE (no SXSW cred needed)
@ The Museum of Human Achievement | Austin, TXRSVP for address and more info: bit.ly/friendisland2013
A sonic invitation: bit.ly/friendisland2013music
Stare into the middle: bit.ly/friendisland2013flyer12:00 - DJs Bear In Heaven and Sunless
01:00 - Jason Ajemian
02:00 - Akron/Family
03:00 - Helado Negro
04:00 - All Tiny Creatures
05:00 - Matthew E. White
06:00 - Snow Panda and Scott Clark
07:00 - JD Emmanuel
08:00 - Sinkane
09:00 - Leverage Models
10:00 - killer BOB
11:00 - ZorchPlus treats in Friend Island tradition: free beer, Pop Tarts, nachos, endless endless Topo Chico, and The Hometapes Portable Record Store
Presented by Hometapes
In sweat with…
Spacebomb and The Museum of Human Achievement
Friend Island: The Tightest Ship
